PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE SPHERE OF FIRE SAFETY: FEATURES OF INVESTIGATION CASES OF FIRES WHAT ARE VIOLATED REQUIREMENT FIRE SAFETY BY SUBJECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXPRESSED ART. NO 270 OF CRIMINAL CODE OF UKRAINE

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The article deals with issues of public administration in the field of fire safety in Ukraine, in particular, in the part of investigation of cases of fires, the occurrence of which has been caused by violations of the requirements of fire safety norms and rules established by the legislation.The authors claim that one of the most complicated categories of criminal proceedings in the field of observance of the conditions of economic activity are crimes related to violations of fire safety requirements stipulated by Article 270 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine by economic entities.Describing the modern legal processes in Ukraine regarding the establishment of fire requirements for economic activity as the basis, the basis on which the consideration of violations of fire safety requirements by economic entities should be considered, the authors point out the need to more clearly formalize these rules by the state.The authors review the regulatory and legal support of the activity of the relevant central executive authorities, which, according to the legislation, carry out state policy in the field of civil protection and fire safety, as well as public safety, in particular, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the National Police of Ukraine.The authors emphasize that the steps taken by the public administration in these areas are inconsistent and contribute to the weakening of the role of public administration, the implementation of the function of coordination and regulation of the respective Central Executive Authorities, as well as incontinent institutions and organizations.The authors used the method of historical parallelism in this study, allowed to argue that just as the management in the United States of America in the 30s of the twentieth century came out of the shadows and ceased to perform the role of "night watchman", which led to a way out of economic crisis of the said state, and today, public administration in the field of fire safety must be the guiding vector that is educative, to create a safe society is indicative of drawing vector direction and the development of all other public and non-public institutions.The case-study method used by the authors in considering the effects of the Thomas fire in 2017-2018 in the United States in the systematic relationship with the activities of insurance companies engaged in the insurance of business entities from fire risks has led the authors to understand that the essential activity of insurance companies aimed not at increasing the level of fire safety of insurers but on increasing their own profits.The analysis of the interaction of the relevant public institutions involved in the extinguishing of fires, the investigation of their prerequisites, the causes of their occurrence and the consequences of the authors, has clearly shown that the principle of separation into separate services and departments of the once unified system of response and prevention of fires did not bring the desired results but only strengthened by the negative trends that accompany the investigation of criminal cases of fires, stipulated by Article 270 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and a priori do not allow to receive qualitative and relevant data that can be used for further scientific analysis.According to the authors, the mentioned state institutions, which in essence should carry out one and the same mission - protection of public order and personal security of citizens, protection of property and other interests, but today they are de facto disparate structures that do not have their work and functions of a single point of direction of the vectors-directions of the efforts of their activities.

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